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Member: I would like to speak on this subject just a minute from 

 a newspaper man's standpoint. We newspaper men always like to 

 have the fair premiums, and most always have made an effort to 

 get them, and publish them when they were of news value, but the 

 law as provided at the present time a good many secretaries delay 

 the preparing of this list as it is to be published, until it ceases to 

 be of news value. On the other hand, it is perfectly legitimate that 

 the newspaper should have some compensation of publishing that. 

 It is usually published quite a number of weeks after the fair is over, 

 and from a newspaper man's standpoint it ceases to be of very 

 much news value at that time. 



Mr. Graves : I would like to say in connection with this publica- 

 tion of the premium list, I find that if the secretary will get this 

 into the hands of the newspapers within the next week after the 

 fair closes, they are always glad to publish it and if the secretary will 

 take it to the papers I think he comes within the meaning of the 

 state law if he reports that to the state department with this clipping. 

 But if he puts it off and the editor has to make a special notice of it 

 afterwards, I know in one instance it cost us $132 because we 

 didn't clip the papers. Otherwise I don't think there is any 

 added expense for that. 



Mr. Corey : Just a word along this line. I don't recall just now 

 who was chairman of your legislative committee at the time this law 

 was passed, but I believe it was Mr. Ridgley of Independence. If 

 you recall when the Taylor bill was before the committee, some 

 provision was made in the bill for the publication of the awards. 

 They contended if the state was appropriating something like $2,000 

 maximum there should be a statement published as to who this money 

 was going to. Another thought was brought out at that time that 

 the exhibitors who make your show are entitled to and appreciate 

 this advertising. I think as the gentleman said, if the county fair 

 secretaries will try to get this to the newspapers within a week or so 

 after the fair, practically all of them are glad to publish it as news. 



As far as the department is concerned we have tried to be very 

 liberal in the interpretation of the law, and accepted published lists 

 of awards in various forms. At one time I believe we sent out a 

 skeleton form and suggested how we would like to have the awards 

 published, and a good many fairs followed that. The idea was, for 

 instance, taking the shorthorn class, simply show the amount of 

 award paid each exhibitor in that class. Some fairs go much 

 farther than that, and show first and second place. You recall at 



